Petitioners' counsel claims Karnataka HC interpreted Quran while holding hijab not essential religious practiceA bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing arguments on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdic...
Hijab row: Plea moved in Supreme Court challenging Karnataka HC orderThe plea has been moved against Karnataka HC's order dismissing various pleas challenging the ban on Hijab in educational institutes.
Supreme Court verdict on hijab not disputed by AG: Petitioners' counselMaking his rejoinder before a full bench of chief justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices JM Khazi and Krishna S Dixit, senior counsel Devada...
Hijab row: Karnataka BJP makes efforts at local levels to woo Muslim womenSections of BJP legislators in Karnataka have begun a quiet outreach in their constituencies in a bid to convince Muslim women that the par...
Pakistan police: Mob kills Sri Lankan over alleged blasphemyPolice said initial information shows the Sri Lankan, later identified as Priyantha Kumara, a manager at the facility, was lynched inside t...
Cut cakes, end slaughter, says RSS arm, sparks rowThe UP government and police on Monday had issued guidelines, including a ban on selfies with animals, slaughter in the open, to be followe...
APJ Abdul Kalam kin seek to defuse row over Gita sculpture in memorialThe engraved wooden copy of Bhagavad Gita sculpted along with the statue had drawn opposition from various quarters.
Night out for girls not in our culture, says Union culture minister Mahesh SharmaUnion culture minister Mahesh Sharma has stoked another controversy by saying that girls wanting a night out is not acceptable in India.
Yakub Memon woken up three hours before hangingYakub Memon was woken up from his solitary prison cell here at 4am today, three hours before his scheduled execution time.
Release Asia Bibi, Indian rights activists urge PakistanIndian human rights activists have appealed to Pakistan to release Asia Bibi, woman on death row in the country after being convicted for b...
Malaysia mourns as remains of 20 MH17 victims arriveMalaysians observed a minute of silence as a special plane carrying the remains of 20 citizens killed in the MH17 flight arrived.
Pakistan hands over Sarabjit Singh's belongings"We request India's reciprocal spirit in releasing our prisoners as the ones we have released far outnumber the ones released by Indian aut...
Pakistan's new Parliament sworn inAmong the steep challenges the legislators will face massive energy shortages that leave some Pakistanis without power for up to 20 hours a...
Quit by tonight, Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri gives ultimatum to governmentQadri received a shot in arm, when Pak SC issued an order to arrest PM Ashraf over graft charges as the cleric was making a fiery speech ag...
- Quran row: Afghan ministers cancel US trip as violence flares
The Afghan ministers of defence and interior have cancelled their scheduled visit to the US this week to focus on controlling the spirallin...
- Sarabjit should not be pardoned by Zardari: Petition
A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court to direct the government that President Zardari should not pardon Indian national Sarabjit S...
- Pak students protest against any move to pardon Sarabjit
Amidst appeals for clemency for Sarabjit Singh by his family and human rights activists, hundreds of students in Pakistan took to the stree...